FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 24 September 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Simple Shadow Game. — Hang a sheet on the wall, or, if a sheet is not convenient, let down the window shade. One of the players must now sit close to the shade, -with his face toward it and turned away from the company. A few feet behind him stands a light, either lamp or candle. One of the players now passes between the light and the first player, so that his shadow falls on the sheet or shade. The first player musttry to guess whose shadow it is. . Of course, each player may walk, hop, limp or do anything else that will make his shadow hard to recognise.

The Merchants.— A good game is one in which the players being seated in line, the one at the' end begins, for instance: 'lam an English merchant, arid sell C . ' The next in line must supply the article, which may be carpets, china, cheese, clothing or any production of England, and must be nothing not made or grown there, like coffee or cinnamon. Anyone ,who violates -this rule must pay a forfeit, and his turn passes to the next. Whoever names ar correct article then announces in . like manner his own country and the first letter of what he " sells, and the game goes on thus, as long as the players choose. It should be played rapidly.